Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No.2 (Cello Part), Op.80

Eggner Trio - Schumann op. 80 - (3/4) - Schubertiade Schwarzenberg

Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Angelika Kauffmann-Saal 11. Juni 2006 R.Schumann: Trio F-Dur / f major, op.80, Nr.2: 3. In maessiger Bewegung


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Joseph Szigeti- Hubay: Hullamzo Balaton Op.33

Jen? Hubay composed Hullamzo Balaton (waves of Balaton). Joseph Szigeti plays it. Recorded on 30 September 1908; London Joseph Szigeti (Hungarian: Szigeti József) (September 5, 1892 February 19, 1973) was a Hungarian virtuoso violinist. Born into a musical family, he spent his early childhood in a small town in Transylvania. He quickly proved himself to be a child prodigy on the violin, and moved to Budapest with his father to study with renowned pedagogue Jen? Hubay. After completing his studies with Hubay in his early teens, Szigeti began his international concert career. His concertizing at that time was primarily limited to salon-style recitals and the more overtly virtuosic repertoire; however, after making the acquaintance of pianist Ferruccio Busoni, he began to develop a much more thoughtful and intellectual approach to music that eventually earned him the nickname "The Scholarly Virtuoso". Following a bout of tuberculosis which necessitated a stay in a sanatorium in Switzerland, Szigeti settled in Geneva where he became Professor of Violin at the local conservatory in 1917. It was in Geneva that he met his wife, Wanda Ostrowska, and at roughly the same time he became friends with the great composer Béla Bartók. Both relationships were to be lifelong. From the 1920s until 1960, Szigeti performed regularly around the world and recorded extensively. He also distinguished himself as a strong advocate of new music, and was the dedicatee of many new works by ...